Rodney Street & Borinquen Place

Rodney Street and Borinquen Place meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rodney Playground Center is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them parks, and 51 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1912 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Rodney St/S 3 St · B24, Q54
Within a walk
26 places
8 parks, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rodney Street & Borinquen Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    1,220 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rodney St/S 3 St, 120 feet away, for the B24 and Q54.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rodney St/S 3 St B24, Q54 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B24 Q54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …
  2. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 4 St & Rodney St 21 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    980 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1912 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 117 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Borinquen Place

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Borinquen Place

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 parks
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. Kiddie Academy of Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    60 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    80 feet
  3. Strawberry Playground
    300 feet
Show all 13
  1. Rodney Playground South Playground
    300 feet
  2. Marcy Green North Park
    510 feet
  3. Rodney Park North Park
    540 feet
  4. Marcy Green Center Park
    740 feet
  5. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    800 feet
  6. Rodney Park Center Park
    800 feet
  7. Marcy Green South Park
    1,000 feet
  8. La Guardia Playground
    1,070 feet
  9. Rodney Park South Park
    1,140 feet
  10. Marcy Park South Park
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Borinquen Place or Rodney Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.